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Diet, Density, And Distribution Of The Introduced Greenhouse Frog, Eleutherodactylus Planirostris, On The Island Of Hawaii, Christina A. Olson
Diet, Density, And Distribution Of The Introduced Greenhouse Frog, Eleutherodactylus Planirostris, On The Island Of Hawaii, Christina A. Olson
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The greenhouse frog, Eleutherodactylus planirostris, native to Cuba and the Bahamas, was recently introduced to Hawaii. Studies from other invaded habitats suggest that it may impact Hawaiian ecosystems by consuming and potentially reducing endemic invertebrates. However, there have been no studies on the greenhouse frog in Hawaii. The first component of this study was to conduct a diet analysis. We conducted a stomach content analysis of 427 frogs from 10 study sites on the island of Hawaii. At each site, we also collected invertebrates using two different sampling methods: leaf litter collection and sticky traps to characterize available resources. …